Black Inventors
Name That Event
Reconstruction/Post Reconstruction
100
This man invented the traffic signal and gas mask.
Who is Garrett A. Morgan
100
This event overturned separate but equal.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas
100
True or False African Americans were allowed to vote during Reconstruction.
What is true
200
This man invented the folding chair.
Who is Nathaniel Alexander
200
This event was lead by Martin Luther King Jr. in the nation’s capital.
What is The March on Washington
200
True or False No African American ever earned the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Civil War?
What is False (16 for the Army, 5 for the Navy.)
300
This man invented the refridgeration system.
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones
300
This event took place in 1996 and took one of the brilliant minds of Hip Hop.
What is The death of Tupac
300
Who was the first African American U.S. Senator?
Who is Hiram R. Revels, he replaced Jefferson Davis.
400
This man invented the telegraph
Who is Granville Woods
400
This event is a holiday that was celebrated by slaves and former slaves to symbolize the end of slavery.
What is Juneteenth
400
The Plessy vs. Ferguson decision created what law?
What is Separate but equal.
500
This woman invented the first form of laser eye surgery
Who is Patricia Bath
500
This event ended the life of a great civil rights leader and Nation of Islam member.
What is The death of Malcolm X
500
These educational institutions for African Americans were created during and Post Reconstruction.
What is Historical Black Colleges and Universities.
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